It's the Barenaked Ladies! Millie Mackintosh strips off for stunning shoot as she leads host of celebrities posing nude for Women’s Health

She regularly posts pictures of herself hitting the gym and tweets about her healthy diet.

So it’s no surprise that Millie Mackintosh was more than happy to strip off and lead a host of inspiring women as they posed naked for Women’s Health September Naked issue in celebration of its inaugural Body For Life campaign.

And the former Made In Chelsea star was just the woman for the job as the result is a stunning image showing off her impressively taut physique.

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Swinging into action: Former Made In Chelsea star Millie Mackintosh also poses nude for the magazine's September Naked issue in celebration of its inaugural Body For Life campaign

Holding on to a rope the 25-year-old protects her modesty with her arm and knee strategically placed, while her hair is styled with the help of a wind machine.

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Speaking about her figure she revealed: ‘I get comments on Twitter or in interviews with people asking, ‘How do you deal with the fact people think you’re too thin?’ I’m not too thin – I’m slim. I go to the gym to try to build muscle. I really try!’

Millie revealed that she also relies on the support of her musician husband Professor Green to achieve her Body For Life.

What's new pussycat: Former Pussycat Doll Kimberley Wyatt showed off her dancing skills as she posed in the nude

‘My husband Steven and I sometimes run or cycle together. But he’s also good at reminding me I need to rest. I don’t want to be skinny and I don’t want a six-pack – I just want health… and some definition!’, she shared.

The Body For Life campaign embodies the Women’s Health ethos that a healthy body isn’t just about pure aesthetics - it's about building a strong body that will protect you against illness and injury and keep you feeling (and inevitably looking) great for years to come.

Former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt also took part in the shoot – showing off her impressive dancing skills and figure in a ballet pose.

Strong: Irish television presenter Amanda Byram revealed the results of hard work and regular exercise

Opening up about the struggle she felt to maintain a healthy body balance as a pop star, she admitted: ‘I know what it’s like not to feel beautiful. I’ve had the executive at the record label suggest I’d be better if I looked like an anorexic alien.

Cover star: Zoe Saldana appears on the cover of the exciting issue

‘But I’ve always resisted the pressure to stick my fingers down my throat. I think I’m lucky my training has never just been about my body – it was driven for my love of dance.’

As for her favourite body part she said: ‘Shoulders and back. Ballet is brilliant for muscles in these areas, so when I see mine in the mirror, I’m like, ‘Yeah, I worked my ass off my entire life for those.’’

Commonwealth gold medallist Louise Hazel stripped off as well and unlike the other women taking part she opted to reveal her chest.

Talking about her body she said: ‘I’ve competed since I was 10 and trained full-time – twice a day, six days a week – from age 18. Now I’m no longer competing, that’s down to five times a week, once a day.’

She admitted that she’ll always be a professional sportswoman at heart: ‘I can probably go for about 10 days without exercise before I start going out of my mind. Life is different when not training at a competitive level – I used to burn food off immediately.

‘Nowadays, I’m more conscious about what I’m putting in. But my body still has great muscle memory – if I don’t train for a week, I can still snap back into shape. If you dedicate time to looking after your body, it will always pay you back.’

TV presenter Amanda Byram, 41, showed she’s just getting better and better with age as she too dared to bare.

‘A year or so before I turned 40, I thought, ‘It’s now or never.’ I wanted to sculpt a strong body – one that would stay healthy and beautiful well into my forties and beyond.’

Olympic champ: Louise Hazel was confident about showing off her athletic figure

She revealed that she trained hard for the Women’s Health shoot: ‘If I was going to be naked, I wanted to feel at my very best, but normally, I’ll weight train three times a week – it’s the best for stripping fat,’ she shared.

‘I don’t have a strict routine. I like variety so I can wake up on a morning and think, ‘What do I fancy doing today?’ Listening to your body and what it really needs is one of the healthiest things you can do.’

Finally fitness icon Tracy Anderson, who is Gwyneth Paltrow’s person trainer, stripped off and discussed why she works out.

Lady in the know: Celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson not surprisingly has an incredible figure

She said: ‘I train to feel healthy and in control, and that’s liberating because I used to feel trapped by my body. At 19, I was training to be a professional dancer, but had piled on 35lb in a year. I’d hit the gym, go to Pilates, but it just made me stockier. I began working with a doctor who opened my eyes to the science of muscles – it took me five years of working on movement after movement before I had anything I dared call a method.

‘Now, I train as I teach, which usually means 90 minutes a day, six days a week – the mix of cardio and small-muscle work that’s become my method. I’ve learnt so much about my body. I don’t want the body of a 20-year-old, I just want to celebrate being the best me at this moment in time.’

Read the full interviews and steal the moves the women use to hone and tone their bodies in the September Naked issue of Women’s Health – on sale Wednesday 30 July. Also available as a digital edition.

Fitness fan: Millie regularly shares pictures of herself working out on Twitter and Instagram